Pectoriloquy(Pec`to*ril"o*quy) n. [L. pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.]
(Med.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest
in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.

Pectose(Pec"tose`) n. [Pectic + cellulose.] (Chem.) An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable
kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the
pectin group.

Peculate(Pec"u*late) v. i. [imp. & p. p.Peculated ; p. pr. & vb. n.Peculating.] [L. peculatus, p.
p. of peculari to peculate, akin to peculium private property. See Peculiar.] To appropriate to one's
own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism.

Burke.

Peculation(Pec`u*la"tion) n. The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating
to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.

Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations has been ruined.

Burke.

Peculator(Pec"u*la`tor) n. [L.] One who peculates. "Peculators of the public gold." Cowper.